I Know why the Caged Bird SingsBantam Books, 1993 - 246 էջ Maya Angelou's debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Her life story is told in the documentary film And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS's American Masters. Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou's debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local "powhitetrash." At eight years old and back at her mother's side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age--and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors ("I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare") will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned. Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity."--James Baldwin From the Hardcover edition |
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... night was dark and slick , and boys told about how snakes love water , so that any- one who had to draw water at night and then stand there alone and wash knew that moccasins and rattlers , puff adders and boa constrictors were winding ...
... night was dark and slick , and boys told about how snakes love water , so that any- one who had to draw water at night and then stand there alone and wash knew that moccasins and rattlers , puff adders and boa constrictors were winding ...
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... night . ” Bailey and I looked at each other and I hunched my chair closer to him . " Said I want some children . ' When he pitched his already high voice to what he con- sidered a feminine level , or at any rate to his wife's , Miz ...
... night . ” Bailey and I looked at each other and I hunched my chair closer to him . " Said I want some children . ' When he pitched his already high voice to what he con- sidered a feminine level , or at any rate to his wife's , Miz ...
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... night at an all - night movie . One girl , whose name and face have melted into the years , gave me " an all- enduring friendship ring , " and Juan gave me a black lace handkerchief just in case I wanted to go to church 254 MAYA ANGELOU.
... night at an all - night movie . One girl , whose name and face have melted into the years , gave me " an all- enduring friendship ring , " and Juan gave me a black lace handkerchief just in case I wanted to go to church 254 MAYA ANGELOU.
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Chapter 3 | 15 |
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